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Prevalence: Eight million American women are living with heart disease – 10% of women ages 45 - 64 have heart disease and the percent increases to 25% by age 65 and over. Six million women today have had a heart attack, angina or both. Nearly 13% of women age 45 and over have had a heart attack. 435,000 American women have heart attacks each year; Their average age is 74 but nine thousand women have a heart attack before they are 45 years old. Four million women suffer from angina, and women make up 56 percent of all admissions for unspecified chest pain.
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